WO1999010616A1 - Serrure de porte de vehicule a effort de liberation reduit - Google Patents

Serrure de porte de vehicule a effort de liberation reduit Download PDF

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WO1999010616A1
WO1999010616A1 PCT/CA1998/000804 CA9800804W WO9910616A1 WO 1999010616 A1 WO1999010616 A1 WO 1999010616A1 CA 9800804 W CA9800804 W CA 9800804W WO 9910616 A1 WO9910616 A1 WO 9910616A1
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detent
pin
pawl
fork
detent fork
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PCT/CA1998/000804
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Grzegorz Baniak
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Atoma International Corp.
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Priority to AT98940028T priority Critical patent/ATE280296T1/de
Priority to DE1998627150 priority patent/DE69827150T2/de
Priority to CA002295072A priority patent/CA2295072C/fr
Priority to EP19980940028 priority patent/EP1015721B1/fr
Priority to AU88496/98A priority patent/AU8849698A/en
Priority to BR9811223A priority patent/BR9811223A/pt
Publication of WO1999010616A1 publication Critical patent/WO1999010616A1/fr

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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B85/00—Details of vehicle locks not provided for in groups E05B77/00 - E05B83/00
    • E05B85/20—Bolts or detents
    • E05B85/24—Bolts rotating about an axis
    • E05B85/26—Cooperation between bolts and detents
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B17/00—Accessories in connection with locks
    • E05B17/007—Devices for reducing friction between lock parts
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T292/00—Closure fasteners
    • Y10T292/08—Bolts
    • Y10T292/1043—Swinging
    • Y10T292/1044—Multiple head
    • Y10T292/1045—Operating means
    • Y10T292/1047—Closure
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T292/00—Closure fasteners
    • Y10T292/08—Bolts
    • Y10T292/1043—Swinging
    • Y10T292/1075—Operating means
    • Y10T292/1082—Motor

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  • This invention relates to a latch for a vehicle door.
  • this invention relates to a latch can be released with a relatively reduced amount of effort.
  • Vehicle door latch systems are well known in the art.
  • a vehicle hood or trunk deck will have a latch for engaging and cinching onto a striker.
  • the latch will have a rotatably mounted detent fork engaging a pawl in a ratchet relation.
  • the detent fork cooperates with a mouth of the housing to pivot between an open and closed condition for receiving, engaging and cinching a keeper of a striker.
  • the detent fork has a cam surface having abutment surfaces. As the detent fork engages the keeper of a striker, the detent fork rotates in a latching sense and the pawl travels along the cam surface to retain the detent fork in the closed and cinched conditions.
  • the pawl is rotated to disengage the detent fork.
  • the pawl must overcome the frictional engagement between the pawl and the detent fork. Additionally, the pawl must counter-rotate the detent fork before the pawl becomes disengaged.
  • the amount of effort required to release the detent fork is thus proportional to the size of the spring which biases the detent fork and the length of the lever arm of the pawl.
  • the lever arm of the pawl can be lengthened in order to minimize the effort.
  • the throw of the release handle is also increased or will require additional linkages to operate, both of which may not be desirable.
  • the strength of the spring could be reduced to meet the FMVSS minimum.
  • a latch assembly for a vehicle having a mechanism for reducing the effort to release a pawl from a detent fork.
  • a latch assembly having a housing having a mouth.
  • a detent fork is pivotally mounted within the housing to cooperate with the mouth to pivot between an open and closed condition for receiving, engaging and cinching a keeper of a striker.
  • the detent fork is biased in the open condition.
  • a pivotally mounted pawl is biased for engagement with a pin.
  • the pin is slidably mounted within a guideway and positioned between the detent fork and the pawl. The pin cooperates with the pawl to retain the detent fork in the closed condition.
  • the pin rolls between the pawl and detent fork as the pawl is rotated in a releasing sense to disengage the detent fork.
  • Figure 1 is a perspective view of the latch assembly of the present invention, with the front cover plate removed
  • Figure 2 is a front elevational view of the latch assembly of Figure 1 in a fully open condition
  • Figure 3 is a front elevational view of the latch assembly of Figure 1 ;
  • Figure 4 is a front elevational view of the latch assembly of Figure 1 in a secondary closed condition
  • Figure 5 is a front elevational view of the latch assembly of Figure 1 in a primary closed condition
  • Figure 6 is a front elevational view of the latch assembly of Figure 1 in a releasing condition
  • Figure 7 is a front elevational view of the latch assembly of Figure 1 in a releasing condition
  • Figure 8 is a front elevational view of the latch assembly of Figure 1 in a near release condition
  • Figure 9 is a front elevational view of the latch assembly of Figure 1 in a released or open condition.
  • the latch 10 of the present invention is generally illustrated in Figure 1.
  • the latch 10 has a housing 12 having a mouth 14.
  • a detent fork 16 is pivotally mounted on the housing 12.
  • Spring 18 is connected between the detent fork 16 and housing 12 to 5 bias detent fork 16 in an open condition.
  • Detent fork 16 cooperates with the mouth 14 to receive, engage and cinch a keeper of a striker.
  • Bumpers 20 and 22 limit the rotational travel of the detent fork 16.
  • Bumper 20 limits the closing travel of the detent fork 16 and positions the detent fork 16 10 in a closed condition and protects the latch 10 in cases of overslamming of the closure.
  • Bumper 22 limits opening travel and positions detent fork 16 in an open condition ready to receive the striker.
  • Pawl 24 is pivotally mounted on the housing 12 on an opposite side of the mouth 15 14 from detent fork 16. Pawl 24 in cooperation with pin 26 coact with the detent fork 16 is a ratchet manner, as will be described below. Pawl 24 has a spring 28 which biases the pawl in a latching sense to engage the pin 26. Housing 12 has bumpers 30 and 32 which limit rotational travel of the pawl 24. Bumper 30 limits closing travel, while bumper 32 limits opening travel. 0
  • detent fork 16 is pivotally mounted to the housing at pin 34 and rotates in either a latching sense or a releasing sense.
  • Pawl 24 is pivotally mounted to housing 12 at pin 36.
  • Opposite inner faces of housing 12 has a guideway or groove 38 for receiving pin 26.
  • Guideway 38 positions pin 26 substantially parallel to the pins 34 5 and 36 and allows pin 26 to slide therealong between a detent fork engaging position and a release or disengage position.
  • Detent fork 16 has a cam surface 40 having a secondary detent 42 and a primary detent 44. Trailing the secondary detent 42 is an arcuate secondary abutment surface 46. 30 Similarly, trailing the primary detent 44 is an arcuate primary abutment surface 48.
  • Abutment surfaces 46 and 48 each have a radius approximately equal to the radius of the pin 26 for nestingly receiving the pin 26.
  • Pawl 24 has a cam surface 50.
  • Cam surface 50 has an arcuate abutment 52 merging smoothly with an arcuate rolling surface 54, terminating in a releasing detent 56.
  • Arcuate abutment 52 and arcuate rolling surface 54 each have a radius approximately equal to that of pin 26.
  • Abutment 52 has a circumferential extent 5 sufficient to receive and cradle pin 26.
  • the pin 26 is preferably sized according to the radial lengths as shown in Figure 3. Radial length R3 must be sufficient to engage detent fork 16 in a ratchet engagement. Additionally, the diameter of the pin (R3-R1) is related to the angular travel of the pawl 10 l and the angular travel of the pin 26 2 as follows:
  • the latch 10 is released by applying a releasing force F to the distal end of pawl 24 in a releasing sense.
  • Rotation of the pawl in the releasing sense will cause pin 26 to rotate relative thereto.
  • Pin 26 will rollingly travel along the cam surface 50 from the abutment 52 towards the rolling surface 54.
  • pin 26 will travel along cam surface 40 from the abutment surface 48 towards the detent 44 until it disengages with the detent fork 16. Since this motion is a rolling motion, there are minimal frictional forces involved and requires a relatively minimal amount of effort.
  • the pin 26 rollingly engages the cam surface 40 until the pin 26 abuts releasing detent 56 which will position the pin 26 in a near release condition.
  • the length of cam surface 40 and the circumferential extent of pin 26 are related to properly position pin 26 in the near release condition.
  • pin 26 is fully cradled within rolling surface 54.
  • Pawl 24 and pin 26 will still be in an over center condition and as such will resist counter rotation of the detent fork 16.
  • the releasing detent 56 will prevent further rotation of the pin 26.
  • the releasing force F will pin 26 to slide a relatively short distance from an over center condition to beyond center and will release detent fork 16 releasing the keeper 60 of the striker. In this manner, the overall effort of the latch 10 is reduced but a final release effort is required to fully release the latch preventing inadvertent or accidental release.

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Abstract

Un ensemble serrure (10) comprend un logement (12) présentant un nez (14). Une fourche (16) à cliquet est montée pivotante à l'intérieur du logement (12) afin de coopérer avec le nez (14) pour pivoter d'une position ouverte à une position fermée et inversement afin de recevoir, de venir en prise et d'assujettir un cliquet (60) d'une gâche. La fourche (16) à cliquet est sollicitée en position ouverte. Un cliquet (24) monté pivotant est sollicité pour venir en prise avec un axe (26). L'axe (26) est monté coulissant à l'intérieur d'une glissière (38) et il est positionné entre la fourche (16) à cliquet et le cliquet (24). L'axe (26) coopère avec le cliquet (24) afin de garder la fourche (16) à cliquet en position fermée, l'axe (26) roule entre le cliquet (24) et la fourche (16), à mesure que ledit cliquet (24) tourne dans le sens de libération pour libérer la fourche à cliquet.
PCT/CA1998/000804 1997-08-21 1998-08-20 Serrure de porte de vehicule a effort de liberation reduit WO1999010616A1 (fr)

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Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
AT98940028T ATE280296T1 (de) 1997-08-21 1998-08-20 Kraftfahrzeugschloss mit reduzierter entriegelungskraft
DE1998627150 DE69827150T2 (de) 1997-08-21 1998-08-20 Kraftfahrzeugschloss mit reduzierter entriegelungskraft
CA002295072A CA2295072C (fr) 1997-08-21 1998-08-20 Serrure de porte de vehicule a effort de liberation reduit
EP19980940028 EP1015721B1 (fr) 1997-08-21 1998-08-20 Serrure de porte de vehicule a effort de liberation reduit
AU88496/98A AU8849698A (en) 1997-08-21 1998-08-20 Vehicle door latch with reduced release effort
BR9811223A BR9811223A (pt) 1997-08-21 1998-08-20 Conjunto de travamento

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ATE280296T1 (de) 2004-11-15
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